Repeal - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition repeal

repeal

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[Anglo-French repeler, from Old French, from re- back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name]
: to rescind or annul by authoritative act
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: to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment [legislatures ing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision]
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